{"id":5595,"date":"2013-05-02T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T22:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/law\/2013\/05\/02\/meet-the-newest-faculty-members-joining-chapman-law\/"},"modified":"2013-05-02T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T22:57:39","slug":"meet-the-newest-faculty-members-joining-chapman-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/2013\/05\/02\/meet-the-newest-faculty-members-joining-chapman-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Newest Faculty Members Joining Chapman Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2013-2014 academic year will be an exciting one as we welcome a host of new faculty members and courses. Chapman Law will be offering a broader array of new classes in areas such as international trade law, healthcare law, patent law, mergers and acquisitions, practice transactions, in-house corporate practice, video game law, patent litigation and sports law among others. Join us in welcoming the following the professors to Chapman University School of Law!
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\n Lan Cao<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Lan Cao, Professor of Law<\/strong>
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\nProfessor Cao is currently teaching at William & Mary Law School where she is the Boyd Fellow and Professor of Law. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and clerked for Judge Constance Baker Motley of the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York. She practiced with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York City. Additionally, Professor Cao was a Ford Foundation Scholar in 1991. She will be teaching Corporations, International Business Transactions and International Trade Law.
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\n Samuel Ernst<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Samuel Ernst, Assistant Professor of Law<\/strong>
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\nProfessor Ernst was formerly a partner at the national firm of Covington & Burling LLP. He earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law School and clerked for Judge Timothy Dyk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is an intellectual property and appellate litigation attorney working in all fields of technology, including semiconductor fabrication, circuit design, biomedical devices, software, and pharmaceuticals. He will be teaching Contracts, Pre-trial Civil Litigation, Patent Law and related intellectual property subjects.
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\n David Gibbs<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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David H. Gibbs, Associate Professor of Practice <\/strong>
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\nProfessor Gibbs is currently a partner at Bowditch & Dewey LLP in Boston and is a Practitioner in Residence at Suffolk University Law School. He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a business and trial lawyer with a national practice in dispute resolution and he is the founder of the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. Professor Gibbs is listed in Best Lawyers in America in Dispute Resolution and Massachusetts Super Lawyers in Businesses Litigation. He will be teaching Practice Foundation Transactions and other practice-oriented topics.
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Leigh Steinberg<\/strong>
\n is a special adjunct professor who will teach a course in Sports Law in fall 2013. As one of the nation’s most prominent sports agents, Professor Steinberg attended Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law where he intended to become a public defender. He has represented a “who’s who” of professional athletes and is credited as the real life inspiration of the sports agent from the film Jerry Maguire.
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Eric Roeder<\/strong>
\n is a special adjunct professor who will teach a course in Video Game Law in fall 2013. Professor Roeder is the General Counsel of Blizzard Entertainment Inc., the producer of the World of Warcraft series of video games. <\/p>\n

Other new & returning faculty<\/h2>\n

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William Black<\/strong>
Attorney at Law
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Fundamentals
\nof In-House Corporate Practice<\/p>\n

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Gabriel Bowne<\/strong>
Attorney, Office of County Counsel
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Arbitration<\/p>\n

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William Caplan<\/strong>
Of Counsel, Rutan & Tucker
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Mediation<\/p>\n

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Tom Crane<\/strong>
Partner, Rutan & Tucker
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Mergers & Acquisitions<\/p>\n

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Tom Curtis<\/strong>
Partner, Nossaman
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Healthcare Law<\/p>\n

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Joan Donnellan<\/strong>
Of Counsel, Parker Milliken
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Real Estate Finance and
\nTransactions<\/p>\n

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Mark Edwards<\/strong>
Partner, Edwards & Hayden
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Arbitration<\/p>\n

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Martin Florman<\/strong>
Partner, Buchalter Nemer
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Business Planning<\/p>\n

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Albert Garcia<\/strong>
Senior Counsel, SoCalGas
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: California Environmental Law<\/p>\n

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Joe Jennings<\/strong>
Partner, Knobbe Martens
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Patent Litigation<\/p>\n

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Anne Lanphar<\/strong>
Senior Operations Counsel, First American Title Insurance Company
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Commercial Leasing<\/p>\n

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Paul Marchegiani<\/strong>
Director of Business Affairs, NBC Universal
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Television Law<\/p>\n

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Julie Marzouk<\/strong>
Supervising attorney at the Public Law Center
\nAssistant Clinical Professor
\nCourse: Family Violence
\nClinic; Immigration<\/p>\n

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Kenneth Miller<\/strong>
Partner, Bienert, Miller & Katzman
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Pre-trial Civil Practice<\/p>\n

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Glen Pfeiffer<\/strong>
Professor and Associate Dean, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Financial Accounting<\/p>\n

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Barrie Roberts<\/strong>
Director of ADR Program, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Negotiations (LL.M.)<\/p>\n

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John Rosenthal<\/strong>
Assistant General Counsel, L.A. Care Health Plan
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Healthcare Law<\/p>\n

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Mark Rothenberg<\/strong>
Senior Attorney, Southern California Edison
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: California Environmental Law; Municipal Ordinances; Land Use Dispute<\/p>\n

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John Sganga<\/strong>
Partner, Knobbe Martens
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Patent Litigation<\/p>\n

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Margaret Thomas<\/strong>
Community Liaison\/Analyst, Center of Innovation and Research, USC
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Selected Topics<\/p>\n

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Bryan Yacker<\/strong>
Founder\/Partner, YH Advisors Inc.
\nAdjunct Professor
\nCourse: Tax Exempt Organizations (J.D.\/LL.M.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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